Administration Console Online Help

Create an XML Entity
Cache

You can specify that WebLogic Server cache external entities that are
referenced with a URL or a pathname relative to the main directory of
the EAR archive, either at server-startup or when the entity is first
referenced. You specify this by first creating an XML Entity Cache and
then specifying for the particular entity when it should be cached.

Caching the external entity saves the remote access time and provides
a local backup in the event that the Administration Server cannot be
accessed while an XML document is being parsed, due to the network or
the Administration server being down.

To create an XML entity cache:

If you have not already done so, in the Change Center of the Administration Console, click Lock & Edit (see Use the Change Center).

In the left pane,
expand Services and select XML Entity Caches.

In the right pane, click New.

Enter the name you want to give your new XML entity cache and its
initial configuration options in the fields on the page:

Cache Location: The name of the directory, relative
to the configuration directory of the Administration Server, which
will contain the cached XML entities.

Cache Memory Size: The memory size, in KB, of the
in-memory cache.

Cache Disk Size: The disk size, in MB, of the
persistent disk cache.

Cache Timeout Interval: The number of seconds after
which entities in the cache are considered stale.

Maximum Size: The maximum number of entries that can
be stored in the cache at any given moment.

Click OK.

To activate these changes, in the Change Center of the Administration Console, click Activate Changes. Not all changes take effect immediately—some require a restart (see Use the Change Center).